I come home, she lifted up her wings I guess that this must be the place Today was cushion buckwheat and tumble lichen. Yesterday, rimrock milkvetch and desert phlox. And before that horsebrush, four-winged saltbush, sweet spring parsley and low…
I come home, she lifted up her wings I guess that this must be the place Today was cushion buckwheat and tumble lichen. Yesterday, rimrock milkvetch and desert phlox. And before that horsebrush, four-winged saltbush, sweet spring parsley and low…
Spring through fall there’s a giant flock of turkey vultures that circles my home town. They roost in the big trees right in the center of things and evenings can be seen soaring high, high above the cityscape. I live…
2409 E Empire… I’ll miss you! It’s been a long process of back and forth, this way or that way, ups and downs and should I’s or shouldn’t I’s. You know… all that indecision and second-guessing that goes into making…
new sign for the new shop! As things tend to go, the minor remodel I started last month on my new shop space that I thought would take a couple weeks is still not quite completed. Something to do with…
Here at Home and Range, we are pleased as punch to invite you to our holiday open house in partnership with Montezuma Land Conservancy (MLC) and Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project (MORP) on Friday Dec. 2nd, 4-8p and Saturday December 3rd, 11a-6p. WHY is…
Here in Southwest Colorado we have our own special relationship with the word “table.” Beloved Mesa Verde, or “Green Table,” stretches out broad and bold from every angle, steadily collecting sunset center pieces for millions of years now. The Mesa…
Something about summer flowing by seems to make the days feel both lazy and speedy. A hot afternoon can drag on forever but then those lovely weekends in the mountains just fly by. Summer may never again feel as luxurious…
That brown crumbly mixture of minerals, organic matter, gases, liquids and countless tiny organisms better known as soil, is a dynamic ecosystem that supports life on Earth. Not only is it a medium for plant growth, it also stores, supplies…
Growing a garden often seems a little mysterious. One year the tomatoes thrive and you’re making sauce hand-over-fist. The next year you hardly get a blossom even though you went about growing them in exactly the same way. It’s a…
farm-fresh baby bok choy piled high at the Cortez Farmers Market This is one of my favorite mid-summer recipes. It doesn’t heat up the kitchen, is quick and easy for those days that go long and it highlights fresh ingredients…
near Villa Mañihuales, Chile I’m back in the studio again, all fresh after three weeks in Patagonia and working with some new perspectives. Travel is good for that, right? Giving you a new look at the big wide world and…
Since it is the season for greens, here’s a recipe for my latest favorite arugula salad…